Establishing Our Roots - Old-growth Podcast S1 E1

Show Notes

Short Co-host Intros

What's this podcast about?

Brief explanation of environmental policy history:

T. Roosevelt established five national parks and signed the Antiquities Act that created 18 national monuments (including Grand Canyon) and set aside land for bird sanctuaries, game refuges, and national forests

Woodrow Wilson founded the National Park Service (1916)

1962 - Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” was published regarding the consequences of pesticides, most notably DDT

Clean Air Act of 1963

Cuyahoga River catches on fire multiple times, late 60s

1950s - Love Canal site was sold and school built. In the 1970s, students began to be sick. Discovered that the school was built on a toxic ground. Led to superfund sites.

1970s - Modern environmental movement is born!

January 1, 1970 - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions

First Earth Day April 22, 1970

EPA founded December 2, 1970

Clean Water Act of 1972

U.S. Marine Mammal Protection of 1972

Endangered Species Act of 1973

Number of international agreements, most recently Paris Climate Accord in 2015